Juliano Belletti has been talking about his first impressions of Lionel Messi and how the Argentinian embarrassed him in training when he was called up to join the first team as a 16-year-old.
The Brazilian admitted that Andres Iniesta warned him about Messi before he faced him during a training session under Frank Rijkaard and came out second best.
“When Messi came out of the B team, Frank Rijkaard put him in with us in an 11 against 11 on a small pitch,” he said.
”He was on the substitute team and I was with the starters.